[Xylo-SDR] Another Annoucement

[Don AE5K <don@ae5k.us>]

The following is a composite of remarks/etc. of several major
contributors to this group.  Although we have already made the big
change with the acquisition of a domain name (hpsdr.org) and completed
the move of the two reflectors to the new HPSDR reflector, I thought
that some insight into the rationale behind the change would be welcome
by many.

This message is being sent to three reflectors: the Yahoo HPSDR
reflector, the old Xylo-SDR reflector, and the new combined HPSDR
reflector.  This will be the last message on the Xylo-SDR reflector.

Don, AE5K

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The decision was made by major contributors to combine the Xylo-SDR
reflector with Phil N8VB’s, High Performance SDR (HPSDR) reflector.

This makes technical as well as administrative sense. Technically both
projects are going to use the same Altas backplane and we would like to
share code and expertise between the groups.

>From an administration perspective, folks are becoming confused as to
what group does what and the goals of each project.

Since the "Xylo" name is that of a commercial product no longer directly
related to our projects, we have decided to drop the Xylo name and use
HPSDR for the combined project.

Web site http://hpsdr.org has been set up which will be the single focal
point for the project from now on.  (It needs work, but you'll see
changes soon.)

A decision regarding SVN (Subversion version control) has not been made
yet and for the time being, www.hamsdr.com will continue to be used.

All of us working on the Xylo project are very excited about combining
the two projects and we have great expectations in relation to the new
ideas, techniques and technologies we will be investigating in the
coming months.

Many thanks to all those that have assisted in the rapid amalgamation of
the two projects and apologies to anyone who’s toes we have trod on in
the process!